When laws are passed in the Minnesota legislature, it is up to regulators and agencies to implement them. Regulatory actions impact the market opportunities for clean energy.
In Minnesota, regulatory authorities like the Minnesota Department of Commerce and the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission share responsibilities in developing and implementing regulatory policies and administering programs related to clean energy, including renewable energy and energy efficiency. CEEM works alongside these agencies to ensure Minnesota’s energy customers have adequate, safe, and reliable clean energy.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regulates the transmission and wholesale sales of electricity in interstate commerce. Minnesota’s regional markets for energy are administered through the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO). CEEM works with member companies to ensure wholesale market opportunities for clean energy.
CEEM and our companies work alongside utility partners, bringing unique perspectives on the business challenges and opportunities the industry faces in helping modernize power supply to meet those challenges.
The integrated resource planning (IRP) process, which examines a utility’s current and planned electricity generation for the next 15 years, is the place for critical conversations about how it will all work. CEEM actively participates in utility integrated resource planning dockets.
Minnesota’s energy transformation also means a transformation in how we plan for the systems that distribute that power. CEEM and our members bring the business approaches and solutions to the power systems of the future – secure, clean, affordable and reliable.
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission requires each utility to put together an integrated distribution plan (IDP). The idea behind the IDP is to answer three questions:
Are we planning for and investing in the distribution system that we will need in the future?
Are the planning processes aligned to ensure future reliability, efficient use of resources, maximize customer benefits and successful implementation of public policy?
What commission actions would support improved alignment of planning for and investment in the distribution system?
CEEM actively participates in IDP processes before the Commission through comments and regulatory decisions.
Minnesota’s rules and regulations require modernization to unlock the economic benefits of clean energy. Many rules were created well before modern clean energy solutions were available. We work with our businesses to identify regulatory market barriers and unleash job-creating clean energy options.
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission is given significant authority over a wide range of energy market activities, including pricing and tariffs, provision of energy services, and use of customer end use energy. Today’s clean energy service providers must navigate these complicated market rules to connect with customers. We work with our member companies to participate in regulatory proceedings that help advance the marketplace rules and expand clean energy options for Minnesota’s businesses and homes.
We work between the aisle with policymakers to advance energy efficiency and clean energy innovation that diversifies and strengthens Minnesota’s economy.
Each fall we hold in-depth conversations with each of our member businesses to get a solid grasp on business difficulties, and how policy might be able to help.
CEEM has leveraged its business voice to deliver policy that opened up millions in financing for clean energy projects across the state.
We work between the aisle with policymakers to advance energy efficiency and clean energy innovation that diversifies and strengthens Minnesota’s economy.
Each fall we hold in-depth conversations with each of our member businesses to get a solid grasp on business difficulties, and how policy might be able to help.
CEEM has leveraged its business voice to deliver policy that opened up millions in financing for clean energy projects across the state.
The Minnesota Department of Commerce recently announced several new hires and changes designed to help the state capture federal clean energy funding under the Inflation Reduction Act and 2021 infrastructure…
CEEM was thrilled to testify alongside authors Sen. Tou Xiong and Rep. Larry Kraft in support of SF2249/HF2524 as amended, which will support the formalization of Minnesota Energy Alley.
Clean Energy Business Day at the Capitol is an education and advocacy day for individuals and organizations working in the state’s energy efficiency and clean energy industry.
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